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Oh, the last ten years, it's been quite trip
最近十年,是一次安静的旅途
Over thirty-six-hundred spins around without a cosmic slip
转了地球360次也没有发生宇宙意外
But within the realm of our atmosphere
We're 'bout as out of whack as we've ever been in a million years
是我们自己把最近这十年变成了地球将近十万年历史中最糟糕的十年
We watched the Y2K scare in a panic
最我们在恐慌中看到了千年虫
An' we watched as time proved Nostradamus wrong
我们还看着时间证明 Nostradamus的预言是错误的
An' we watched as Mother Nature shook the planet
我们还看着自然的力量震动了地球
An' cellular replaced the telephone
我们又看着手机代替固定电话
We lost Charlie Brown, Ray Charles an' Johnny Cash
这10年中我们丧失了查里·布朗(《史努比》里的男孩),雷·查尔斯(灵魂乐传奇大师)和约翰尼·卡什[美国乡村音乐传奇人物]
We even lost Superman, mhm.
我们甚至连超人也失去了
Well, the last ten years, look at the hills we've climbed
反正这10年,看看我们征服的小山
T
he best golfer's black, the best rapper's white an' it's about damn time
最厉害的高尔夫选手是黑人,最棒的饶舌歌手是白人!时间过得真快
But we best beware, there's a brand new fight, you see
但我们最好注意了,一个新的斗争即将开始,
An' I hate to say we might be our own worst enemy
我也不想说,但我们自己是最大的敌人
We watched Oklahoma sifting through the damage
我们看着俄克拉何马城通过了自然灾害
An' we watched a US President get caught
我们还看着美国总统被抓
We watched shareholders watch their savings vanish
我们看见美国股票商人的钱财消失
We all cried when we watched those towers fall
我们泪流满面地看着那两座楼倒塌
We lost Minnie Pearl, Ron Reagan and Sam Ahan
我们丧失了美妮·皮埃尔,里根总统,和萨姆·阿罕
We even lost Superman, mhm.
我们甚至连超人也失去了
Expensive gas an' free downloads
汽油贵了,下载免费了
The dot-com boom, an' reality shows
还有网络风潮,和真人秀
What's gonna happen next is anybody's guess
每个人都在猜测接下来还会发生什么
Satellite radio and hybrid cars
卫星收音机和混合动力汽车
Hand-held computers an' a trip to Mars
手提电脑和去火星旅游
It's all become a part of who we are in the last ten years.
在最近这十年里,这些问题都成了我们认知的一部分
In the last ten years
最后十年中
We lost George Harrison, John Paul and June Carter-Cash
我们丧失了乔治乔治·哈里森,约翰·保罗二世
Hell, we even lost Superman
该死的,我们连超人也丢了
Gonna miss you. Chris...
我会想念你的,Chris...(Chris 是已故超人扮演者Christopher Reeve的昵称) |
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